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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Newsletter/2022-11

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This is our twentyfirst newsletter, covering November 2022. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Activities

  • Current: Women in Climate Change editathon in various languages (1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023) (SDG 5 & 13) [17]
  • Past: Wikipedia and sustainability, how to increase knowledge on climate change? (SDG all) [1]
  • Past: Wikidata editathon in Swedish during COP 27 (SDG 13) [2]

News

  • Wikimedia Nederland signed the Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant (SDG all) [3]
  • WikiProject Govdirectory was featured as Digital Public Goods (SDG 16) [11]
  • The theme for Wiki Loves Africa 2023 has been revealed: Climate and weather (SDG 13) [16]

Resources

  • Let's Connect learning report - pilot phase 2022 (SDG 17) [15]

Research

  • Recommendations for use of annotations and persistent identifiers in taxonomy and biodiversity publishing [SDG 15) [7]
  • A longitudinal analysis of gender diversity in Wikipedia articles (SDG 5) [13]

Videos

  • 10 Anos de Wikidata: Wikidata for Open Access to Cultural Heritage, por Susanna Ånäs (AvoinGLAM) (SDG 11) [14]

New WikiProjects

  • Myosotis Pilot (SDG 15) [12]

New Wikidata properties

  • Bank of information on the historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus (SDG 11) [4]
  • Louisiana Plant ID (SDG 15) [5]
  • DrugCentral ID (SDG 3) [8]
  • Probes And Drugs ID (SDG 3) [9]

New Wikidata query examples

  • Map of water bodies in France (SDG 14) [6]
  • Gender balances of winners of literary awards (SDG 5) [10]

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